Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on January 25th 2003 by lazyhound.
This tune has been added to 52 tunebooks.
Also known as Bean A' Ti Ar Lár, Bean A' Ti Ar'n Urlár, Bean A' Tigh Faoi Chl�ir: The Woman Of The House In The Closed Coffin, Mistress On The Floor, The Mistress On The Floor, The Old Oak Tree, Woman Of The House On The Floor.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bean An Ti� Ar La�r
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
B||:AGFE D2FD|GEFE Ddcd|AGFE DEFD|1 EG=cA BGEB:|2 EG=cA BGEd||
cdec A3d|cdec ABcB|cdec ABAG|EG=cA BGEd|
cdec A3d|cdec ABcd|cdeg fdec|ABcA BdcB||
A tune I've recently been taught. Probably comes from Donegal. It has a variety of other names,
Woman of the House on the Floor
Mistress on the Floor
(a variation, evidently from a session, "Mistress on the Mattress")
The Old Oak Tree
There is a variation of the B part on the woodenflute database:
cdec A3d|cdec AGEA|cdec ABAG|EG=cA BGEd|
cdec A3d|cdec AGEd|cdeg fdec|ABcA BdcB||
# Posted on January 25th 2003 by lazyhound
I've heard it played with C#s throughout in the A-part.
# Posted on January 25th 2003 by OrganicPeatCreature
Bean An Tí Ar Lár
I was always under the impression that "Bean An Tí Ar Lár" roughly translated out to "The Pregnant Woman" (or a pregnant woman in labor) That's what Charlie Lennon says on his Musical Memories video tape where he plays this tune to give people a taste of Co Donegal music.
A very fun tune
# Posted on January 25th 2003 by Brad Maloney
Altan
it's the reel after the initial song on Altan's "Another Sky".
# Posted on December 2nd 2003 by JHowley
The Mistress On The Floor
Another version ...
Courtesy of Josephine Keegan from her book "A Drop In The Ocean".
X:1
T:Bean a'Ti Ar Lar
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:D
dB|:AGFE D2FD|GEFE DdcB|AGFE D2FD|E2cA BGEG|
AGFE D2FD|GEFE DdBd|AGFE D2FD|(3EFE cA BGEG:||
|:cdec A3d|cdec AFDd|cdec A3F|E2cA BGEd|
cdec A^GAB|cdec AFEd|cdeg (3fgf ec|dBcA Bcdc:||
# Posted on July 26th 2005 by Aidan Crossey